It's Wednesday night, and I have been living in the Aquarius habitat for 3 days now. The greatest thing about living here is that there is almost no limit to the amount of time I can spend out in the water. On a normal dive from the surface, I am always concerned with my limited amount of bottom time. Since that isn't so much of a concern in Aquarius, I am able to just sit out on the reef and watch the sea life pass me by. Perhaps my favorite time to make a dive is at night. All kinds of things go on at night on the reef. Tonight, for instance, I followed a nurse shark for about a half hour. Then I found a large ray and followed him around for a while. I saw the largest hermit crab I have ever seen -- it was living in a conch shell the size of a basketball!

Living down here also allows me to get to know some of the "regulars" around the area. There is a 10 ft. green Moray eel that I like to watch every day. I actually saw him chow down on a small fish yesterday. The nurse shark comes around every day as well. It's been a long day with a lot of diving, and living down here seems to tire one out more than living on the surface. So it's time to hit the rack for the night.

More later . . .